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Process · Review port assignments

Review port assignments

A port assignment can show the device, port number and VLAN that field work will affect. The decision belongs to the parent work order, so the reviewer needs both records open together.

Step by step

  1. Record port assignment Inventory Clerk

    Inventory Clerk enters the device, port number, VLAN, lot, quantity and expiry against a held assignment.

    • Place the intended port beside parent scope
    • Updates Port assignments, Work orders, Stock lots
  2. Review authorized scope Inventory Supervisor

    Inventory Supervisor inspects the work order, its revision and the assignment. The authorized reviewer records an approved, rejected, returned or escalated decision with a reason.

    • Keep decision, source revision and action result together
    • Updates Review decisions, Work orders, Operation receipts
    ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.
  3. Execute and inspect Inventory Clerk

    Inventory Clerk acts only on scope represented by the current work order and records actual evidence for later inspection.

    • Record actual activity against the approved parent
    • Updates Work evidence, Work orders, Operation receipts
Inventory Clerk
Prepares the assignment and follows returned cases.
Inventory Supervisor
Decides scope.
Auditor
Reads the reason, source revision and receipt.

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